I need help identifying my Bundy trumpet please (self.trumpet). I did a search for Bundy serial numbers, but the list apparently doesn't exist. The Bundy trumpets of the Selmer. My point is that it is NOT a serial number list for Bundy. To tell people that it is, is to perpetuate misinformation. Database – Trumpet Trumpet Database Show:||||||| Brand Serial Model Bell LP Bore Options Mfg. ->:: Author Message Hemi Powered Trumpet New Member Joined: 31 Jan 2006 Posts: 10 Location: Randolph, NJ Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 3:38 pm Post subject: Serial Number on a Bundy I've got an old Bundy student horn that I've been marching with for about 3 years now. It was bought new by my second cousin, who graduated HS in 1973. It was probably bought much earlier than that. The serial number is 222678. Its label says, Designed by Vincent Bach BUNDY H&A Selmer, Inc. I think it may be a post '61 considering that it was purchased in the Sixties, and that it has the Selmer and Bach names on it. Just how old is this thing? _________________ This space intentionally left blank. Fcirkse Veteran Member Joined: 11 Aug 2004 Posts: 227 Location: IOWA Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 4:14 pm Post subject: Hello - standard Bach serial number lists put it at 1981- 1982. Hemi Powered Trumpet New Member Joined: 31 Jan 2006 Posts: 10 Location: Randolph, NJ Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 4:39 pm Post subject: that's kind of new. I thought it was Sixties, because that's when he got it. _________________ This space intentionally left blank. Plp Heavyweight Member Joined: 11 Feb 2003 Posts: 6954 Location: South Alabama Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 6:06 pm Post subject: I suspect you are probably right about the serial number. The Bach guides probably don't include the Bundys, try under Selmer and see if you get a more accurate year. The Bundy has taken a pretty bad rap over the years, kind of the Rodney Dangerfield of the trumpet and cornet world, but a bunch of top notch players are the ones complaining, so maybe they really aren't as bad as some would say. I'd certainly rate them better than a Director. ZeroMan Heavyweight Member Joined: 21 Jul 2002 Posts: 1112 Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 1:20 pm Post subject: plp wrote: I suspect you are probably right about the serial number. The Bach guides probably don't include the Bundys, try under Selmer and see if you get a more accurate year. The Bundy has taken a pretty bad rap over the years, kind of the Rodney Dangerfield of the trumpet and cornet world, but a bunch of top notch players are the ones complaining, so maybe they really aren't as bad as some would say. I'd certainly rate them better than a Director. For the market they were intended, the Bundy was a decent instrument. It was durable and its playing characteristics could be described as 'medium-high resistance'. Just right for a younger trumpet player who needed something 'to push against' when learning how to play. I always used to fall off my chair laughing when people would compare Bundys to various superhorns or even the better assembly line trumpets. As if that comparison was meaningful enough to make a point about how well a superhorn plays. But I did get impatient when some people would compare Bundys to the Chinese-Indian garbage horns out there. Again, there was no comparison. A Bundy can last for years, had real valves and had workable intonation. DR_DIRT_MAN Veteran Member Joined: 11 Jul 2003 Posts: 106 Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 4:04 pm Post subject: Age of Bundy I have an older bundy that my father got for me second hand when I was in the 6th grade back in 1968. This horn and others that I've assumed were from the sixties vintage that I've seen on ebay all have nickel plating on the outside top half of the valve casings and just say Bundy H & A Selmer Inc.
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